Isaiah 9:18

“For wickedness burns like a fire; it devours briers and thorns, and it kindles the thickets of the forest, and they roll up in a column of smoke.”

Isaiah 9:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 9:18, word by word

wickednessרִשְׁעָהrisha

wickedness

Wickedness: unjust and evil conduct.

Where else “risha” appears
burnsבָעֲרָהvaara

burn

For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.

Where else “vaara” appears
like a fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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it devoursתֹּאכֵלtochel

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

Where else “tochel” appears
briersשָׁמִירshamir

brier

Thorny plants on abandoned land.

Where else “shamir” appears
and thornsשַׁיִתshayit

thornbush, brush

Thornbushes, wild brush: the weeds that grow on neglected land.

Where else “shayit” appears
and it kindlesתִּצַּתtitsat

set on fire

Set on fire, burn.

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the thicketsסִבְכֵיsivche

thicket

Thicket, tangled brush.

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of the forestיַּעַרyaar

forest

Land covered with trees, where many grow together.

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and they roll upיִּתְאַבְּכוּyitabchu

roll upward (smoke)

To roll upward, to rise in a column like smoke.

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in a columnגֵּאוּתgeut

rise up

The rising of something: the sea's waves, smoke going up.

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of smokeעָשָׁןashan

smoke

Smoke.

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The context

17Therefore Adonai does not rejoice over its young men, and on its orphans and its widows he has no compassion; for every one of them is godless and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks infamy. For all this his anger has not turned back, and his hand is still stretched out.

18 · This verse (above)

19By the fury of YHWH Tsevaot the land is darkened, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother.

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